Patrick Sheltra, No. 60 Recycling Services / Ferguson Pipe Dodge Charger, Allen Crowe 100 Fast Facts - August 21, 2010

Race Information: Event: Allen Crowe 100, Sunday, August 22, at 1:00 p.m. Local Time Track: Illinois State Fairgrounds Qualifying: Sunday, August 22, at 11:00 a.m. Local Time; Track Length: 1.0-mile clay.

Last Time Out; New Jersey Motorsports Park: On the heels of a second-place run at Berlin (Mich.) Raceway a week prior, Patrick Sheltra and his Sheltra Motorsports team returned to New Jersey Motorsports Park looking for another solid outing. After placing in the top-10 in both practices, Sheltra qualified 10th but quickly moved into the top-five in the early stages of the Garden State ARCA 150 presented by American Red Cross. Unfortunately, the team would face adversity during the course of the 67-lap event as a broken shock tower would stall the performance of Sheltra’s No. 60 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS. A temporary solution though would re ignite Sheltra and place him back inside the top-10 but an engine failure on the last lap of the 13th race of the season would ultimately result in a 13th place finish.

Welcome To My Turf: Patrick Sheltra is no stranger to the dirt and for the seventh time in his ARCA Racing Series career, Sheltra will return to the dirt in a stock car gunning for win number two Sunday afternoon. Sheltra showcased his driving talent on the dirt competing in USAC and UMP late model events throughout the United States before making the transition to asphalt full time in 2007. On Sunday, Sheltra will make his fourth start at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and has two top-fives and three top-15 place finishes in three races. He has a perfect record for laps completed in those three contests at 305 (100; 2007; 102; 2008; 103 2009;) laps respectively.

Springfield; One Year Ago: Vowing to improve on a heartbreaking finish in the 2008 Allen Crowe 100, Sheltra returned to the Illinois State Fairgrounds looking for revenge. Sheltra qualified his No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings Dodge Charger fourth before finding himself in contention for his second win of the season before having to eventually hunker down and cross the line third. It was Sheltra’s second podium finish at the one-mile dirt track in three starts and fourth top-five of the 2009 season.

Now You See Me; Now You Don’t: Bringing back a blast from the past, the Sheltra Motorsports team will sport a unique but familiar paint scheme for Sunday’s Allen Crowe 100. The team will utilize the same paint scheme they ran with their Dodge last year at Springfield which consisted of a very slick looking all-camouflage No. 60 entry. The team only plans to run the popular paint scheme in one more ARCA Racing Series outing this season before blending back to their familiar green and neon orange layout.

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Talk About Diversity: Three races ago, Sheltra and his Jon Wolfe-led Sheltra Motorsports team tackled Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, a 2.5-mile triangle and finished sixth. Two races ago, the team headed to the smallest track on the circuit of Berlin (Mich.) Raceway where they muscled a second-place finish. Last weekend, the series returned to New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) for the second road course event of the year. Finally, Sheltra treks back to his roots of dirt with a stop for the ARCA Racing Series at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois. Sheltra has recorded a top-10 finish at each of these racecourses since his invasion into the ARCA Racing Series in 2007. Berlin (Mich.) Raceway also kicked off the start of the Bill France Four Crown, which is a separate title in itself where the driver with the best average finish of four selected race tracks will receive a bonus at the championship banquet in December.

After That Crown Too: With the Bill France Four Crown officially kicking at Berlin (Mich.) Raceway two races ago, Sheltra trails leader Joey Coulter by 60 points for a separate trophy compared to the ARCA Racing Series championship. After two of the four events, Sheltra is sixth overall just 30 points behind second-place held by Frank Kimmel. The Bill France Four Crown consists of four differently configured race tracks, Berlin (Mich.) Raceway, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Illinois State Fairgrounds (dirt) and finally, Chicagoland Speedway at the end of the month. The driver with the best average finish of those four race tracks will receive a bonus at the championship banquet in December.

New Record Set; But Thirsty For More: While eclipsing his sixth top-five finish of the year at Berlin (Mich.) Raceway earlier this month, Patrick Sheltra now holds a new record for the number of finishes inside the top-five and top-10 for a full-season. In his previous three full-time seasons, Sheltra had posted a season high of four top-five finishes in 2009. Sheltra’s personal best overall season of nine top-10 finishes in 2008 was overtaken by his performance in the ARCA Berlin 200. Sheltra is hoping to expand his new personal record with seven races remaining this year.

Point’s Check: 13 races down, seven to go, Sheltra with the guidance of crew chief Jon Wolfe sits fourth in the ARCA Racing Series championship standings accumulating 2935 points and 95 markers behind new series leader Frank Kimmel . The driver nicknamed “Mr. Showtime” fell to fifth following his 13th run at New Jersey Motorsports Park last Sunday. The 24-year old Sheltra also controls the fifth position in the ARS car owner standings. The top-seven ARCA Racing Series drivers are separated by just 105 points to the leader for control of the top spot in the championship chase. Earlier this year, Sheltra held the top-spot for three consecutive races (Toledo, Michigan and Pocono) in a row after also sharing the top-spot with Parker Kligerman for one race (Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway) in 2009.

Nice Statistic; Solid Stats: By posting his 10th top-10 finish of the season at Berlin (Mich.) Raceway on August 7, Sheltra is one of four drivers in the ARCA Racing Series to finish inside the top-10 in 10 of the 13 races completed thus far in 2010. The other three drivers consist of Frank Kimmel, Craig Goess and Mikey Kile. Sheltra kicked off his strongest start to an ARCA season with a fifth place performance at Daytona, a 10th place performance at Palm Beach, a fourth place run at Salem Speedway, a seventh place outing at Texas Motor Speedway, his season-best second at ‘Dega, an eighth at Toledo Speedway, a fourth place run at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, a third place outing in the Racing for Wildlife 200 at Michigan International Speedway, a sixth place at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, a second-place outing in the Berlin ARCA 200 at Berlin (Mich.) Raceway and most recently a 13th place outing for round number 13 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Patrick Sheltra ARCA Career At-A-Glance: Entering Springfield, Sheltra has 80 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards starts to his credit with one career victory at Salem (Ind.) Speedway (April 2009). During his ARCA tenure, Sheltra has accumulated 16 top-fives and posted 32 top-10 finishes. A third place qualifying effort at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway (April 2009) and Michigan International Speedway (June 2010) is Sheltra’s best time trials effort to date. He has controlled the ARCA field seven times for 173 laps.